The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

1.-THE worst snow storm of the sea-
son" prevailed in Minnesota and Dakota
on the 10th. All trains in Dakota were
| abandoned. AT Minneapolis, ON the
18th, the temperature was IA degrees
below zero.
About a week ago cloud detona-
! tons" were heard in the mountains of
Lincoln county, West Virginia, and
''violent tremors Of the earth'' were
felt in the valley of the Big Ugly run, a
/ tributary OF the Guyandotte river. A
few days ago while lumbermen were
going down the run, they found the
stream at one point DISTRACTED by frag-
ments Of stone which had rolled down
the mountain side. 1.-THE top Of the
mountain, mainly on the side towards
the stream, showed a huge crater-like
scar, and the observers could see a large
column of steam arising from It,"
In Troy, New York, on the even
ing of the 10Th, a policeman was told
by a restaurant keeper on River street
that he and his family had been stupe.
fed by gas which had entered their
rooms. The gas cOmpany's building
is near by. The gas was shut off and
the houses in the neigbborhoUd were
examined. In one room Of a tenement
three persons-M Mrs. Caroline Bennett,
aged 20 years; her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam Gilfilldn, and Charles Pratt-were
| found dead ''sittIng about the Dol as
they had been conversing when gas
overcame them." The other families
In the neighborhood were aroused and
ordered from the houses. Besides the
three who died, about twenty others
were affected with drowsiness and SICK
ness at the stomach. 1t is supposed
there was a leak in the pipes running
through the district. The gas is odor.
less, and the company will not supply
customers until it can make gas that
has an odor.
AN express train on the Chicago
and Iowa Railroad Wa wrecked near
Aurora, Illinois, on the morning of the
10th, by a broken rail. Two passen-
gers were severely injured.
"A strange story of insanity comes
from Grafton county, West Virginia.
! Washington Lake, in that county, has
five grown daughters. Two weeks ago
one of them, Tabitha, got married.
1.-THE young people Of the nelghborhoOd
including her four sisters, celebrated
the event by dancing all night and
nearly all next day. On the evening
of the second day, Martha, II of the
sisters, lost her reason, and developed
into a raving maniac, and four days
later the bride went stark mad. Since
then the three other sisters have ex'
hibited evidences of insanity
"A boiler IN the dry house Of Pres
ton Riders stave factory, at CrotheTs'
vile, Indiana, exploded en- the 18th,
killing Henry Millina and Archibald
Warner, and iDjurlng another man
"A disease, resembling the pink eye,
has prevailed for several weeks among
the horses of the Transverse Railway al
Pittsburg. Thirty-six horses have beer
made unfit for service aud several have
died within a few days.
-Temreratures below zero were re
ported IN the West on the morning a
the 18th as follows: st. Paul, 81; Chi
cago, 10; s.. Vincent, 80; Dulu h, 81
Milwaukee, 10; Omaha, -; Des Moines
II; Toledo, 7; and Springfield, 5. Il
was zero at Cincinnati, St. Louis and
Leavenworth, and there was a freezing
temperature at Charleston, Augusta
Montgomery and Pensacola in The
South.
Anthony Handy, y years old, was
arrested IN Lapelle Island. Georgia, or
the 18th. for tie murder of Elsie Wal
ker, a girl of the same age. They dis
agreed at play, when the young rutiian
got a shot gun and discharged its con
tents into the girls head. William
Ollie. aged is years, murdered his wife
by cutting her throat, and then at
tempted suicide. in ST. Louis, on the
18th. His condition is critical. They
leave six children.
On the 22d of October last the
house of the Poe family, in Knox
county, Kentucky. was burned down,
and in the ruins were found the bodies
of Mrs. Poe, Miss Carson, Miss Barnes
and eve children. 1t was ascertained
that they had been murdered. News
has Just reached Louisville Of the arrest
of sever neighbors Of the murdered
family, namely: Amelia Worms. Brice
Mills, Balmer Mills, Wright Smith.
Elias jackson. MOllle Samper and Pinda
Hammond, charged with the murder.
The Worms woman is thought to be
the leader of the gang and the in,tiga-
tor of the crime. She is a woman OF
notorious character.
Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
was installed on the 18th, at Harrisburg,
in presence of the Legislature ana
crowded audience in the State Capitol
The inaugural parade comprised about
1000 men-4500 military and $500 civil
ians, including the Fire Department OF
Harrisburg.
Governor Green, of New Jersey,
was installed on the 18th. In his inau-
gural he commends the principle of eX
empting from taxation so much of the
property of religious and educational
institutions as may be necessary for thell
successful operation, but he thinks thai
corporations and individuals owning
property for use, enjoyment, speculation
or profit, should bear a just share OF
governmental expense. He insists upon
the protection of the honest working
man from contract or convict labor.
Governor Biggs, of Delaware. was
installed on the 18th. In his inaugural
address he advocates the calling of a
Constitutional Convention; says he will
not exercise the p~ardoning power unless
in very exceptional cases; regards civil
service as something to be confined to
the party in power" advocates the con
tlnued coinage of silver and the payment
of Government employees in that coin,